Who's who in Tourism

This section covers who is involved in tourism at a local, regional and national level and how they can help your business.

Visit Britain

Visit Britain are Britain's national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain overseas and is funded by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS)

www.visitbritain.com is the consumer facing website promoting Britain to overseas visitors. The website is available in a number of different languages. If you are a quality assessed accommodation establishment you will feature on the website in the accommodation section.

www.visitbritain.org is the industry website - Visit Britain provide information on statistics, new legislation, marketing opportunities and trends information. You can sign up for an e-newsletter on the site.

Tourism South East

Tourism South East (TSE) is the Regional Tourist Board. TSE are the strategic tourism body for the South East of England; a partnership of private sector and local and regional government bodies including Local Authorities.

www.visitsoutheastengland.com is TSE's consumer facing website promoting the South East area to visitors. All quality assessed businesses are featured on the website.

1066 Country is a public and private sector partnership mainly funded by Rother District Council and Hastings Borough Council. Other partners include Wealden District Council, East Sussex County Council, Tourism South East, English Heritage, National Trust and 75 private sector partners.

1066 Country is the umbrella marketing brand for the Rother area including Battle, Bexhill, Rye and the surrounding countryside. Rother District Council puts resources into this partnership to market and promote the area to potential visitors in a number of ways.

1066 Country has an annual budget which is spent on the following activities:

Printed Material - Attractions and Group Travel Guide, targeted postcards through out the year

PR - Dedicated Travel Trade and PR support

Attendance at Overseas and Domestic Exhibitions - such as Best of Britain and Ireland, Meet the Media/Buyer etc

Lobbying of regional / central government on the industry's behalf

For more information please visit Visit 1066 Country and see the marketing section within this pack which outlines the opportunities and marketing campaigns that are available to you as a 1066 Country business.

Rother District Council

Rother District Council are committed to supporting and developing the tourism industry of the district. Tourism currently sits in the Regeneration Department of the Council and has a number of remits:

Marketing and promotion of the district via the 1066 Country Campaign.

Support and facilitation of local marketing and events in Battle, Bexhill and Rye.

Visitor Information Provision through supporting a national network of Tourist Information Centres and Tourist Information Points within the district.